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> So the police will literally stand across the street and watch a street vendor get robbed and do nothing. Are you saying that SFPD is not stopping crimes tha

> So the police will literally stand across the street and watch a street vendor get robbed and do nothing. Are you saying that SFPD is not stopping crimes that are occurring in front of them because they believe that the suspect will not be prosecuted? The police are not prosecutors - if they are failing to stop crimes, the fault lies squarely with them. Can you provide some examples of when this has happened?

mint2 4y ago
Yes, that exactly is what many cops are doing. https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/bayarea/heatherknight/article/SF-police-crime-16931399.php https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/bayarea/heatherknight/article... Some overlap with the prior one: https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/bayarea/heatherknight/article/She-says-officers-let-suspect-go-after-her-S-F-16911968.php https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/bayarea/heatherknight/article... https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/bayarea/heatherknight/article/san-francisco-stolen-luggage-17137941.php https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/bayarea/heatherknight/article... There was also a video of cops pulling up and watching a dispensary get robbed There was another account on next door of a neighbor pursuing a robber after a home invasion and had to pleas with the police to even approach the guy, and they basically just got him his stuff back and tainted all the evidence so no DA would be able to actually prosecute. Not even sure if they actually arrested that guy. And then there is the fairly recent examples of extreme racism of some of the officers that tainted criminal cases leading them to be dismissed. https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-sfpd-racist-text-messages-20160426-story.html https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-sfpd-racist-tex...